Embattled Representative George Santos steps down from committees

United States Representative George Santos has announced that he will temporarily step down from his committee assignments, as he faces criticism and investigations over his finances and false claims he made.

The freshman Republican had previously been named to two relatively low-profile Congressional committees: one on small business and the other on science, space and technology.

But on Tuesday, Santos issued a prepared statement saying he was leaving the posts for the time being, in order to serve his constituents “without distraction”.

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